Metacritic is a bunch of over-entitled clowns who are angry that the game doesn't include the development staff's indentured servitude.
Portal 2 Protest: Gamers (sorta?) Pan Portal 2 On Metacritic
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Its not even what I'd consider DLC. DLC is a sizable chunk of actual game content - not big enough to be an expansion pack (The Shivering Isles), but still actual, playable content.Frotality said:
These guys are just trolling for some fucking character skins that make no difference whatsoever. Mind you, they also claim the game is 4 hours long (... its not), that its a console port (... nope), and that it didn't get released early (... which it did).
Wait why are people mad? I didn't realize it was bad, hell a couple days ago I had the exact same man children angry with me for saying the game may not live up to it's expectations. Now the same people are bashing a game a lot of them rabidly defended? I suppose it's Dragon Age 2 all over again.
Edit: Besides people mad at the outrageous prices for the cosmetic DLC (Which Valve have been doing since TF2 so I find it funny people are choosing now to ***** about it)
What else can people really be mad about?
[small](And isn't the whole dlc thing something people should complain about on the Valve site or forums? They don't change game play so it seems stupid to take points away when reviewing the full game)[/small]
Edit: Besides people mad at the outrageous prices for the cosmetic DLC (Which Valve have been doing since TF2 so I find it funny people are choosing now to ***** about it)
What else can people really be mad about?
[small](And isn't the whole dlc thing something people should complain about on the Valve site or forums? They don't change game play so it seems stupid to take points away when reviewing the full game)[/small]
Botched DRM? If you mean Steam crapping out at launch, then I say "This is no surprise since Steam has done this with every single Valve game ever."Sgt. Sykes said:
I'd also go out on a rant stating that whenever I brought that problem up, I was told to sit down and suck it up by everyone who could play it just fine. But thats a rant for another day.
It uses Steam, which is DRM. It is "better" DRM compared to most, but still DRM.Dense_Electric said:
This a million times.Woodsey said:
Seriously, if they were trying to sell us additional test chambers, or god forbid actual parts of the campaign on day one, I'd be pissed as fuck and probably never buy another Valve game again (and I'm going to hell for lying right there). But no, it's a micro transaction. More to the point, I payed for Portal 2, not Portal 2 plus a bunch of little hats and whatnot. I got the complete Portal 2 experience, and I am in every way satisfied with my purchase.
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Ah, gotcha. See, that's the best kind of DRM - the kind you don't even know is there.Irridium said:
Let them protest all they want, I will continue loving the hell out of Portal 2. Length is pretty decent too compared to other AAA titles we get now.
Daystar Clarion said:
It's comments like this that make me remember why I love The Escapist and everyone here. Bravo, sir. Bravo.
i don't know what these people were expecting or what type of DLC they think is for this game cause hats and skins and gestures do not make up DLC in my eyes. isn't it in fact the same thing thats in TF2 with their hats and such?
i've been enjoying Portal 2 every second that i have been playing it. its blown my expectations and its a wild ride thats kept me guessing about some of the plot, which is hard to say for the ever predictable games out now.
i've always taken reviews of any sort with a grain of salt, the reviewer's opinion doesn't always reflect my own. in short, Portal 2 is an amazing game that everyone should try.
i can't wait to do the multiplayer campaign!
i've been enjoying Portal 2 every second that i have been playing it. its blown my expectations and its a wild ride thats kept me guessing about some of the plot, which is hard to say for the ever predictable games out now.
i've always taken reviews of any sort with a grain of salt, the reviewer's opinion doesn't always reflect my own. in short, Portal 2 is an amazing game that everyone should try.
i can't wait to do the multiplayer campaign!
From the looks of it, it's absolutely nothing that would warrant a low score.
Everything they complain about is irrelevant to the actual game and cost.
Sure, maybe you beat it in 2-3 hours... on your second run. You should be congratulating yourself that you are good at the game.
They are mostly complaining about money related and self-entitlement problems, each of which are completely related to the consumers choice and not Valves.
Oh, and think about the average Metacritic user. Either it's someone who really has a problem with the company that's making the game, or a person who was genuinely moved by the product.
Now seeing how the latter pretty much never happens and a lot of the internet community is a bunch of _____ morons, I think we know where it's coming from.
Everything they complain about is irrelevant to the actual game and cost.
Sure, maybe you beat it in 2-3 hours... on your second run. You should be congratulating yourself that you are good at the game.
They are mostly complaining about money related and self-entitlement problems, each of which are completely related to the consumers choice and not Valves.
Oh, and think about the average Metacritic user. Either it's someone who really has a problem with the company that's making the game, or a person who was genuinely moved by the product.
Now seeing how the latter pretty much never happens and a lot of the internet community is a bunch of _____ morons, I think we know where it's coming from.
Irridium said:
It's funny because plugins for editing programs exist to crate your own skins, Source has always been robust for asset customization, from textures to sounds to sprites.
It'll be less than a week before someone rips the paid-for Skin VTFs from the game files and posts it on FPSBanana as an edit for the Default.
I was never interested in the first Portal and I just don't find appeal in it either way. I wouldn't care about these user reviews either way. As far as Portal 2 goes, I have friends I can ask about it for better opinions.
This trend of slamming games you don't like for whatever reason with shit metascores is getting old already. But I guess, unlike other people, I give not two shits what a score says about a game.
This trend of slamming games you don't like for whatever reason with shit metascores is getting old already. But I guess, unlike other people, I give not two shits what a score says about a game.
Professional reviews on Metacritic are by (mostly) qualified individuals who are being paid or are required to review the game.
User reviews are individuals that clamor to the site in the hopes of dragging down whatever goodwill or optimism the professional reviewers have established.
Not to knock populism but I don't think the majority of user reviews are individuals that are concerned with posting regularly on the games they play, without hyperbole. I'd wager that most user reviews come from individuals who only hop on the site to debase/defend titles in an unsubstantiated fashion, thus rendering the utility of the "user review" irrelevant.
So...umm...yeah...go elitism?
User reviews are individuals that clamor to the site in the hopes of dragging down whatever goodwill or optimism the professional reviewers have established.
Not to knock populism but I don't think the majority of user reviews are individuals that are concerned with posting regularly on the games they play, without hyperbole. I'd wager that most user reviews come from individuals who only hop on the site to debase/defend titles in an unsubstantiated fashion, thus rendering the utility of the "user review" irrelevant.
So...umm...yeah...go elitism?
You've got to be trolling? Valve's revenue is over $1 billion a year mostly from Steam. To call them indie is about as laughable as calling Nintendo indie. The problem is Valve are the most over-rated developer by far. They've not released one great game, they release shallow linear games with interesting gameplay gimmicks and one dimensional characters. So when Portal 2 comes out and it's easier than the first game and only 6 hours long, and has no depth, and day 1 dlc, and seems really cheaply developed, that it's getting reviewed equal to red dead redemption and mass effect 2 is incredibly insulting to those developers who actually put effort in and have ambition for games to be beyond puerile toys.
The problem with reviewers is they do it as a job, so they prefer short games generally. A really long game just becomes annoying to them and they don't at all account for depth in review scores, so developers think we can get as high review scores if we cap it at 10-20 hours, no need to put any extra effort in. Reviewers are not anymore objective than users, and a lot of the time (e.g. IGN) they seem to be less intelligent than the average user. And that's why we see games like shadow of the colossus, braid, limbo, portal, okami, ico and so on getting perfect scores despite being not only below average in length, but way below average in depth (almost no characters or narrative, just gameplay gimmicks and generic linear levels).
Your title is wrong. "Gamers" don't pan Portal 2. Most of the bashers candidly admit they didn't play the game.
